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Pakistan

Official name:.....
Islami Jamhuriya e Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan)

Head of State:.....
President Pervez Musharraf (sworn in 20 Jun 2001)

Head of government:.....
Prime Minister Mian Somro (sworn in 28 Aug 2004)

Area:.....
803,943 square km

Population:.....
161.15 million (2005)

Capital: .....
Islamabad

Official language:.....
Urdu (national language) and English

Currency: .....
Rupee (Rp) = 100 paisa

Exchange rate:.....
Rp59.67 per US$ (Oct 2005)

GDP per capita:.....
US$550 (2004)

GDP real growth:.....
6.50% (2004)

Labour force:.....
57,415 (2004)

Unemployment:.....
8.30% (2004) (additional underemployment)

Inflation: .....
6.70% (2004)
Balance of trade:
.....-US$3.38 billion (2004)

Foreign debt: .....
US$33.97 billion (2004)

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AFGHANISTAN

Official name:
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Head of State:
President Hamid Karzai (since Jun 2002; democratically elected 9 Oct 2004)

Head of government:
President Hamid Karzai

Ruling party: Members of the national assembly are elected as independent candidates

Area:
647,497 square km

Population:
25.97 million (2005)

Capital:
Kabul

Official language:
Pashtu and Dari (named as official languages in the constitution ratified 4 Jan 2004)

Currency:
Afghani (Af) = 100 puls

Exchange rate:
Af43.00 per US$ (Oct 2005) (the afghani was re-valued on 3 Jan 2003)

GDP per capita:
US$194 (2004)

GDP real growth:
7.50% (2004); *8.00% (2005)

Labour force:
8.47 million (2004)

Unemployment:
10.80% (2004) (official)

Inflation:
13.00% (2004)

Balance of trade:
-US$3.31 billion (2004)

Foreign debt:
US$8.50 billion (2004)

Annual FDI: US$100.00 million (2004)
* estimated figure

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CHINA

Official name:
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (Zhongguo) (People's Republic of China)

Head of State:
State President Hu Jintao (elected 15 Mar 2003)

Head of government:
Premier of the State Council Wen Jiabao (appointed 16 Mar 2003)

Ruling party:
Zhongguo Gongchangdang (Chinese Communist Party) (CCP)

Area:
9,596,961 square km

Population:
1.32 billion (2005)

Capital:
Beijing (Peking)

Official language:
Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese – Beijing dialect).

Currency:
Renminbi yuan (Rmb) = 100 fen

Exchange rate:
Rmb8.09 per US$ (Oct 2005) (In Jul 2005, the currency peg with the US$ ended and there was a 2.1 per cent revaluation of the renminbi)

GDP per capita:
US$1,269 (2004)

GDP real growth: 1
0.10% (2004); 9.9% (2005)*, 10.2% 1st quarter 2006*

Labour force:
778.50 million (2004)

Unemployment:
9.80% (2004, urban areas); 20.00% (2004, urban and rural areas)

Inflation:
3.90% (2004)

Oil production:
3.49 million bpd (2004)

Balance of trade:
US$30.70 billion (2004))*; US$15.3 billion (Sep 2006)

Foreign debt:
US$233.30 billion (2004)*

Annual FDI: US$53.50 billion (2004)*

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Pakistan

Official name:.....
Islami Jamhuriya e Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan)

Head of State:.....
President Pervez Musharraf (sworn in 20 Jun 2001)

Head of government:.....
Prime Minister Mian Somro (sworn in 28 Aug 2004)

Area:.....
803,943 square km

Population:.....
161.15 million (2005)

Capital: .....
Islamabad

Official language:.....
Urdu (national language) and English

Currency: .....
Rupee (Rp) = 100 paisa

Exchange rate:.....
Rp59.67 per US$ (Oct 2005)

GDP per capita:.....
US$550 (2004)

GDP real growth:.....
6.50% (2004)

Labour force:.....
57,415 (2004)

Unemployment:.....
8.30% (2004) (additional underemployment)

Inflation: .....
6.70% (2004)
Balance of trade:
.....-US$3.38 billion (2004)

Foreign debt: .....
US$33.97 billion (2004)

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